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World beaters?
China Daily
The badminton team will try at the 2012 Thomas and Uber Cup Finals, which will be staged in Wuhan, Hubei province from May 20-27. Rivals to Watch Facts Facing tough challenges from rivals Indonesia and Korea and new forces Japan and Britain, ...
Badminton: Cups Loom as Olympics Dress RehearsalJakarta Globe
Cups: Dress rehearsals for '12 GamesPostnoon

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Indonesia the dark horses
New Straits Times
By KM Boopathy | boopathy@nst.com.my 0 comments CHINA are the red-hot favourites but they will not have it all their way as national singles coach Rashid Sidek believes Indonesia will rely on their Thomas Cup tradition to unsettle the hosts in Wuhan on ...
Rashid Sidek tags Indonesia as dark horse in Thomas Cup Finals – Badminton Updatebettor.com (blog)

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China Daily

Facts
China Daily
The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body.



Gadi, Alcala aim to defend badminton titles
GMA News
The Philippine Badminton Association (PBA) organized the PBaRS circuit last year in an effort to further raise the level of play in the country and come up with a truly national ranking system. New Philippine team head coach Rexy Mainaky of Indonesia ...

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Indonesia expects more wild cards
Jakarta Post
The 17 spots which have been secured in London are in archery, weightlifting, fencing and badminton. The government-sponsored Indonesia Gold Program (PRIMA) sports development program said in a report sent to The Jakarta Post recently that the nation ...



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Lin Dan to lead China's challenge in Thomas Cup
Times of India
WUHAN (China): Olympic gold medallist and four-time World Champion Lin Dan will lead the Chinese men's badminton team to capture its record fifth consecutive title at the Thomas Cup starting on Sunday. Lin is determined to grab the men's title again ...
Lin Dan To Lead China For Record Fifth Consecutive Thomas TitleBernama

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Gunawan out to prove sceptics wrong at the Olympics
Malaysia Star
This will be my first Olympic outing with Howard,” said Tony, who won the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games gold with Candra Wijaya for Indonesia. Tony could not compete in the 2008 Beijing Games because he had to wait for four years before the Badminton World ...



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It may be last hurrah for Chong Wei's contemporaries
Malaysia Star
And Chong Wei was more than happy to pay tribute to each one of them – Peter Gade-Christensen of Denmark, Lee Hyun-il of South Korea, Lin Dan of China and Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia. Except for Taufik, he will be up against the others as the first ...
Thomas Cup Finals: Park Joo-bong declares Indonesia stronger than Malaysia in ...bettor.com (blog)

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Shuttler Sourabh Kerhalkar to train in Indonesia
Times of India
The NKBA has a tie-up with Li Ning, a sports goods company, which is sending 10 youngsters, including five from NKBA, to Indonesia. The camp will be held from June 1 to 23 at the Li Ning Bandabaru Badminton Academy, Batan Ireland on the coast of ...



'The hunger to succeed never dies'
Hindustan Times
With five Indian shuttlers qualifying for the London Games, the country has pinned hopes on badminton fetching medals in the mega event. With the pressure mounting, are the shuttlers intimidated? Not quite, according to world No. 5 Saina Nehwal.

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